Brown v Kukal

Jan Kukal takes it, 5–1 on categories

Kukal wins on games won. Brown’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Brown 9 matches, Kukal 137 matches.

• Kukal averages 13.7 games won a match to Brown’s 6.2 — 2.2 times as many.
• Kukal has the better sets won %: 44.7 to Brown’s 23.8.
• Kukal averages 1.2 sets won a match to Brown’s 0.6 — 2.2 times as many.
• Best single match: Kukal 32 games won, Brown 18.
• Winners’ edge: Kukal’s team won 42%, Brown’s team won 22% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Kukal has 137 matches across 10 seasons, Brown 9 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Brown (9 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.